Weighing-stand for cotton-pickers



P. J. SUMMERS.

WEIGHING STAND FOR COTTON PICKERS. APPLICATION FILED FEB-24, 19n- RENEWED DEC. 30, 1913.

1,3 1 0,638. Patented July 22, 1919.

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P. J. SUMMERS.

WEIGHING STAND FOR COTTON PICKERS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 19:7. RENEWED DEC. 30. 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron PAUL J'.-SUMMERS, MANGUM, OKLAHOMA.

WEIGHING-STAND FOR COTTON-PICKEIRS.

Application filed February 24, 1917, Serial No. 150,657. Renewed December 30, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, PAUL J. SUMMERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mangum, in the county of Greer and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weighing-Stands for Cotton-Pickers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention pertains to portable weighing stands, such as are moved from place to place in the field and used for suspending steelyards or other weighing devices in weighing cotton.

Stands of this kind are usually in the form of a tripod, with the legs straight. I I

The stand must, therefore, be high enough so that the sack of cotton or other object suspended will clear the legs, and this arrangement of the stand makes it awkward to carry or haul about.

An object, therefore, of the invention isto provide a stand of reduced height which will clear the object suspended.

Another object is to so arrange the stand that it can be folded or nested in compact form.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the ensuing desoription.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view showing a simple form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 4. of Fig. 2, and shows a steelyard and sack of cotton suspended from the stand.

Fig. 5, which includes all matter above the 1 line A-A on the second sheet of drawings, is

a perspective view showing parts of a more developed form of the stand in position for assemblage.

Fig. 6 is a similar view, but showing an optional construction of a certain part.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the complete stand.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a cross-bar.

All the perspective views are in the same direction, and like characters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

The simple stand shown in Figs. 1 to 1, inclusive, includes two diverging legs 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial no. 268,975.

which are connected integrally together at their u per ends by a horizontal portion 11 adapted to form a pivot-pin, and a third leg 12 whose integral tubular head 13 pivotally embraces said portion 11.

In order to clear the weighing device 1 1 or other suspended object without having to extend to too high an apex, the two legs 10 are curved inward at their upper ends, as'at 15, around a common axis-line of curvature; and the third leg 12 is likewise curved inward as shown.

Using the line B-B of Fig. 1 as an axisline of movement for the two legs 10, the lower end of the third leg 12 may be drawn outward along the surface of the ground to lower the apex of the stand to the position the ground, and each foot is provided with a toe 18 to keep it from slipping. I While the simple form of stand shown in Figs. 1 to 1 accomplishes some of the objects stated, the third leg 12 cannot be folded or nested with the other legs into a compact form for carrying or hauling.

In the more developed form of the stand shown in Figs. 5 to 8, the pivotal head 13 of the third leg 12", which pivotally embraces the pivot-pin portion 11 of the two legs 10, is itself pivoted to the upper end of said third leg on an axis-line at right angles to said pivot-pin portion.

With the parts arranged in this way, the third leg 12 may be revolved 180 degrees in its pivotal head 13* to the position indicated by the dotted representation 12 in Fig. 7, and then swung over in the direc- C to the position shown by the dotted representation 12 in said figure.

reduced entrance opening 21 of said loop.

With the third leg 12 folded in this Way,

its curvature and foot are disposed in the same direction as the curvature and feet of V and Wlll therefore the other two legs 10 nest perfectly with the latter. F or convenlence 1n assemblage, the heat 18 of the third leg 12 is made separable,

the upper and lower halves 13. and 13 re-. spectively, of it being held together by a U-shaped bolt 22 provided with nuts 23.

This bolt 22, in being screwed up tightly, bears up against two depending lugs 24 on the lower side of the lower half 13 of the pivotal head 13 these lugs being spaced apart so that the upper link 25' of a chain or other suspending means may engage said bolt.

The upper or pivotal end of the third leg 12* may have a cap 26 screwed onto it to hold it in the head 13; or said leg may be flared or up-set, as at 27 in Fig. 6, for the same purpose.

Having thus described the invention, I

claim 1. In a device of the class described, a pair of divergent legs rigidly connected together at their upper ends, a third leg having its upper end pix'oted to the upper end of said pair, a brace connecting the lower portions of the legs of said pair, and means on said brace for engaging the third leg.

2. In a device of the class described, a pair of legs integrally connected together at their upper ends by a portion adapted to Copies of this pate nt may he obtained for form a pivot-pin, and'a third l'eg'having a head through which said portion pivotally extends, the third leg-also being pivoted in its head on an axis-line at right angles to the axis-line of said pivot-pin portion, the

upper ends of the three legs being curved inward.

. 3- In a de 'iqe f he cl s de cr b a pair of divergent legs integrally connected together at their upper ends by a pivotepin portion, a third leg having a head through W h the p et p h per e s jo nal the three legs eurving inward at their upper ends, the third leg being pivoted in its head on an axiseline at right angles to the axisline ofsaid pivot-pih portion whereby said third leg may be brought to position to, nest with the legs of the pair, a brace connecting he lowe en s of h gs o t e pa an m an on a d bra f r ho ing the third leg nested pe i i h- In a device of the class described, a pair of legs connected together at their upper e s n spa ed ap at eir l wer ends, a brace connection connecting the spaced lower ends of the legs, said brace connection being formed With a central elastic loop having an outlet opening, a hi leg pi o ed to he pp r nds of t e legs of the pair, said third legbeing adapted to fold on nest with the legs ofthe pair, and being adapted'to rest in the loop of the brace connectlon.

Witness my hand this 10th day of February, 19 17. I I

PAUL J. SUMMER S,

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